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Masters Thesis A Manifesto of Impossibilities? Workers, Politics, and the History of the Luxembourg Commission, February-May 1848 by Jason Thomas Hewer A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Auburn University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Auburn, Alabama August 3, 2019 Keywords: Louis Blanc, Luxembourg Commission, 1848 Revolution Copyright 2019 by Jason Thomas Hewer Approved by Ralph Kingston, Chair, Associate Professor of History Rupali Mishra, Associate Professor of History Christopher Ferguson, Associate Professor History Abstract The Luxembourg Commission was the response of the provisional government of France during the Revolution of 1848 to demands by workers of Paris that the government do something to help alleviate the harsh conditions under which they labored. The Commission was a step short of the full government ministry of progress that many workers called for. However, during the few months it existed, the Luxembourg Commission gave impetus to grassroots workers’ organization and successfully began to act as an arbitrator in disputes between workers and bosses. The elections of April 1848 were disastrous for worker candidates, and the Commission itself winked out of existence in May. Workers’ frustration led to them storming the National Assembly and successfully suspending it on May 15. An analysis of May 15 shows how volatile the allegiances of the National and Mobile Guards were on the day. Both the Luxembourg Commission and the journée of May 15 were sidelined in histories of the Revolution written during the nineteenth century because these items did not support the political narrative of the authors of these histories. This thesis will make the case for the re-inclusion of the Luxembourg Commission as an important topic of study in the history of 1848 as a social revolution. ii Acknowledgments Although there are many people who deserve thanks for helping me on my way as I have worked on this thesis, three individuals stand out beyond the rest. First, I would like to thank my father and mother. They have been a constant source of encouragement. From the bright-eyed moment I mentioned that I would like to pursue a graduate degree, to the times when I found myself questioning that decision, their support has been invaluable. Second, I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Ralph Kingston. His guidance has made it possible for me to make this journey. I could not have asked for a better mentor or friend. iii Table of Contents Abstract ......................................................................................................................................... ii Acknowledgments........................................................................................................................ iii Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1: The Force Awakens: The Luxembourg Commission, 1848, and the Promise of Association ................................................................................................................................ 10 Chapter 2: Rebels: The April Elections to the Journée of May 15 ............................................. 33 Chapter 3: The Phantom Menace: Historians of 1848 and their Legacy .................................. 69 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................. 89 Bibliography ............................................................................................................................. 93 iv Introduction On April 12, 1848, the moderate journal L’Atelier published an article criticizing the list of candidates proposed by the Luxembourg Commission for election to the National Assembly. The Commission only included four members of the provisional government on their list. “It would be a sad inspiration for the delegates to exclude seven members of the Provisional Government from their list; propriety, if not gratitude, commands that they should not be excluded.”1 L’Atelier was not in support of the candidates the Luxembourg Commission had selected and thought the more moderate members of the Provisional Government would have been a better choice. On 16 April, the more radical Le Représentant du Peuple responded to this critique with a sarcastic critique of L’Atelier. “Exquisite good tone and propriety! O Journalists with kid gloves, workmen of good manners, it is time, in truth,- high time for the safety of the Republic,- to give lessons of good behavior and propriety to those workers who are frank enough to call things by their names.”2 Le Représentant du Peuple did not share L’Atelier’s opinion. L’Atelier then suggested that Louis Blanc, a member of the provisional government helped craft this list and the exclusion of certain members of the government from the Luxembourg’s candidate list evidenced division within the government. Le Représentant du Peuple again rose to the defense of the Luxembourg Commission, “Have you not heard… that this slander, which 1 L’Atelier: Organe spécial de la classe laborieuse, April 12, 1848. 2 Le Représentant du Peuple: Journal des Travailleurs, April 16, 1848. 1 the Constitutionnel [a conservative journal] had recently brought against the citizen Louis Blanc, provoked a formal denial on the part of the delegates [of the Luxembourg Commission]?... Editors of L’Atelier, you are very perfidious.”3 The early days of the Second Republic in France were full of such to and fros, debating how and to what extent workers had the right to represent themselves and what giving power to workers would mean for the establishment of government. When L’Atelier proposed its own list of candidates for the National Assembly, which only included five workers, three of whom were employed by L’Atelier, and several clergymen, the Représentant du Peuple submitted its own stinging criticism of the candidate list, “Enough abbots! Don’t you know the proverb: The company you keep... Hush! The propriety!”4 Despite, or perhaps, due to the divided opinion of the journals, Louis Blanc and the Luxembourg Commission were topics of great interest from February through May of 1848. The Luxembourg Commission was the provisional government’s response to demands made by the workers of Paris that the government do something to help alleviate the harsh conditions under which they labored. Louis Blanc stood as a symbol of socialism and his Luxembourg Commission represented a tangible shift in government policy that many hoped could lead to the realization of a social republic. The Commission for its part took an active role in the political process through its proposed candidate list in the April elections. Blanc’s Commission was not just at the center of the political discussion of the day, however. Set up as a congress where delegates from each profession could be represented, it investigated issues relevant to workers and proposed practical solutions. Although the power of legislation remained with the provisional government, and the Commission was a step short of the full government ministry of 3 Le Représentant Du Peuple, April 16, 1848. 4 Le Représentant Du Peuple, April 16, 1848. 2 progress that many workers called for, the Luxembourg Commission took the initiative to act as arbitrator in a number of disputes between workers and their bosses during the few months it existed. As the spat between L’Atelier and Le Répresentant du Peuple illustrates, there was significant difference between the political loyalties of various newspapers. Newspapers make up a significant source base for this thesis. They provide important insight into the day to day happenings of the Revolution of 1848 and allow us to see powerfully worded arguments from many sides of the political spectrum. Newspapers at this time – with the exception of La Presse and Le Siècle who adopted an alternative business model, concentrating on selling advertisements rather than subscriptions – were “journaux d’opinion,” each with a particular political allegiance. They made no show of neutrality or attempt to be unbiased in their reporting of the news (and historians have largely dismissed the truth of La Presse and Le Siècle’s claims to be depoliticized).5 Journalists and newspaper editors, moreover, were active participants in the events of the Revolution. In using these sources, I have therefore determined not only their politics, but also, where possible, who wrote for and edited each paper. Le Constitutionnel, edited by Louis Véron was an important liberal newspaper. The paper supported the Orleanist regime before the revolution and backed the more conservative members of the government during the revolution. Thus it was well-established by 1848 and provide extensive coverage of the events of the revolution. Le Siècle, La Patrie and the Journal des Débats, like Le Constitutionnel, were supporters of the liberal republican government majority. The latter two provided less coverage of the Luxembourg Commission. 5 Richard Terdiman, Discourse / Counter-Discourse: The Theory and Practice of Symbolic Resistance in Nineteenth-Century France (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1985), 127-32. 3 Le Répresentant du Peuple, edited by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, appealed to a more radical readership. This paper was unashamedly socialist and provides important insight into the political left. The papers of the left themselves differed significantly
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